Horse & Buggy Dance, Dance, Dance! (Horse & Buggy)

by Ethan Long (Author)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Horse & Buggy

Introducing Horse and Buggy, the hilarious new characters from Theodor Seuss Geisel Medalist Ethan Long!

Horse and Buggy are best friends, but they don't always see eye to eye. When Buggy sees Horse dancing, he asks, "What are you doing?" "I am dancing," Horse replies. "I am the best dancer. I have the best dances!" "You are not dancing. You are just moving around." Can Horse convince the reluctant Buggy to lighten up and join in?

YES! In this side-splitting story about friendship, Horse and Buggy learn that doing something together makes it twice as fun. 

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Kirkus

Starred Review
Beginning readers--get up, dance, and read!

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1—Not even a lack of music or a dubious friend can dampen Horse's drive to dance. Buggy's skeptical, "What are you doing?" and "I do not hear any music" does not deter Horse. He just gleefully bends, grooves, and kicks, proclaiming, "I am dancing. I am the best dancer. I have the best dances. Dance with me!" Buggy finally busts a move, Horse finds a boom box, and just as they are really "getting down," Horse decides to take a much needed break. VERDICT With Long's characteristic slapstick humor and simple, expressive characters, this newest pairing is pitch-perfect for his audience...no dance beat required.—Jenna Boles, Greene County Public Library, Beavercreek, OH

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ALA/Booklist

This picture-book sized easy reader manages to effectively portray the interaction between the two while keeping the vocabulary limited. Full-page illustrations with just the characters and minimal accoutrements against colorful backgrounds cleverly enhance the text and set a humorous tone. While grandparents might chuckle at the dance moves from Saturday Night Fever and Flashdance, young ones will enjoy the spirit.

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Ethan Long
Ethan Long is a renowned picture book and easy reader author and illustrator. He won a Geisel medal for Up! Tall! And High! His "Tasty Time With ZeFronk" runs on the Disney Channel and was nominated for an Emmy. Raised in Central Pennsylvania, he now lives in Florida.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780823439683
Lexile Measure
170
Guided Reading Level
E
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication date
February 20, 2018
Series
Horse & Buggy
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV031020 - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Dance
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002140 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Insects, Spiders, etc.
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV002130 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Horses
Library of Congress categories
Dance
Insects
Friendship
Friendship in children
Best friends
Horses
Carriages and carts
A Junior Library Guild selection

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